Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > Just in case I don't completely understand the pros/cons of FILE vs DISK, I plan to use this > 5.3TB SAN disk space the same way I am using DISK on my other servers - L

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Johnny Lea
d data straight to a Datadomain 880. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Stef Coene Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Stef Coene
On Wednesday 22 September 2010, you wrote: > On Friday 17 September 2010, Stef Coene wrote: > > When we changed the FILE based storage pool to 5 GB volumes, the result > > was > > much better. There was less reclamation needed because it is less likely > that a volume has a status Filling. > > > I

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Johnny Lea
On Friday 17 September 2010, Stef Coene wrote: > When we changed the FILE based storage pool to 5 GB volumes, the result was much better. There was less reclamation needed because it is less likely that a volume has a status Filling. Interesting concept Stef...just the opposite of what I did to

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Richard Sims
On Sep 22, 2010, at 7:17 AM, Stefan Folkerts wrote: > De performance of a disk based storagepool will be fine at the start but will > degrade over time due to fragmentation, I have seen this happen on large > permanent use diskpools. I think this is particularly an issue with TSM volumes implem

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Stefan Folkerts
Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) >Also, do you have a (fast) DISK based volume in front of the FILE storage >pool? We do this >so we can allow lots of client backups coming in and use >the number of migration processes >to c

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Grigori Solonovitch
e printing this Email -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Stef Coene Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:29 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) On Fri

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 Thread Stef Coene
On Friday 17 September 2010, you wrote: > From the few responses I got about 6.1.4.x vs 6.2.1.1 for a new server, > the responses leaned to 6.2.x. > > With that decision made, the next is laying out the structure of storage > pools and such. > > Most discussions/directions from here/IBM say that D

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-21 Thread Grigori Solonovitch
o:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Johnny Lea Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:30 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) I am using file class on datadomain albeit 5.5.3. Initially I set the maxcap at 25GB. This s

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-21 Thread Grigori Solonovitch
> Just in case I don't completely understand the pros/cons of FILE vs DISK, I > plan to use this > 5.3TB SAN disk space the same way I am using DISK on my > other servers - LZfor > incoming backups and then migrate to > disk.Folks keep talking about reclamation of their > FILE d

SV: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-21 Thread Hans Christian Riksheim
vegne av Johnny Lea Sendt: ti 2010-09-21 17:30 Til: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Emne: Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) I am using file class on datadomain albeit 5.5.3. Initially I set the maxcap at 25GB. This seemed to work OK except my reclamation is getting out

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-21 Thread Johnny Lea
orray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:04 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) So, what did you increase the size to? Just in case I don't completely understand the pros/cons of FILE vs DISK, I plan t

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-21 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
DSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I am using file class on datadomain albeit 5.5.3. Initially I set the maxcap at 25GB. This seemed to work OK except my reclamation is getting out of hand. For example a 200GB fil

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-21 Thread Johnny Lea
DSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux) >So, have you migrated to devclass FILE? I have migrated most of primary pools to devc/stgpool FILE and found them perfect (it was done as a preparation to use de-duplication in 6.x, by

Re: Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-17 Thread Grigori Solonovitch
>So, have you migrated to devclass FILE? I have migrated most of primary pools to devc/stgpool FILE and found them perfect (it was done as a preparation to use de-duplication in 6.x, by the way am still 5.5.4). It is good from any point of view(backup, restore, making tape copies, etc).

Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-17 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
>From the few responses I got about 6.1.4.x vs 6.2.1.1 for a new server, the responses leaned to 6.2.x. With that decision made, the next is laying out the structure of storage pools and such. Most discussions/directions from here/IBM say that DEVCLASS FILE is the way to go vs defining fixed sto